Andrew Strauss and Mahendra Singh Dhoni play down fears

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Strauss is relaxed about the security issues before the third TestPhjlip Brown

Sport Staff

Last updated at 3:50PM, August 9 2011

England and India are placing their faith in security experts who have so far
told them there is no reason to doubt the Edgbaston Test will go ahead tomorrow.

A summer of riots spread to Birmingham last night, confining both teams to
their city-centre hotels while police battled to contain the looters.

But while a string of football matches - including England’s friendly against
Holland at Wembley tomorrow night - have been cancelled because of
disturbances in other urban areas, the third npower Test appears set to take
place as scheduled.